Burlington Skyway Bridge to Install Fluorescent Lighting
Canada’s Burlington Skyway Bridge will feature 480 six foot fluorescent lamps by the Canadian Westinghouse Supply Company. Lamps will be mounted in luminaires on aluminum poles about 150 feet apart, with two luminaires per pole spanning the traffic lanes to illuminate the 6700 foot span. The fixtures are fully enclosed to protect against dust rain and snow.
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Burlington
Canada
Burlington Skyway
Westinghouse Supply Company
Super Highway Myth Tied To Rising Fatalities In Roads
A recent article blames monotony on long open stretches for highway hypnosis and a rise in fatal crashes. It cites chain reactions from rear end collisions and suggests driver tips like avoiding sleepiness, pausing for drinks, varying speed, and frequent checks to stay alert on high speed roads.
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Neas
Aafe
Local Women's Institute Trip to Elora and Community News
The Local Women's Institute enjoyed a bus trip to Elora visiting the museum and Gorge with a meeting at the park led by Mrs Archie McEnery. A memorial for Mr Herd McEachern was noted with funeral at Rumley home and interment at Fairview cemetery.
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Elora
Willan McLean
Gorge
Mary Stewart
Archie Mcbneey
Mra
Mclean
Copper Cite
Arnold McEnery
Ken Cotton
Robert McEnervy
Wiss Carolyn McFeneey
Electric Eels Aid to Science
Vancouver dispatch reports two electric eels bound for Star Park aquarium in New Brunswick, noted for their electric traits. Each eel carries about 100 volts per foot, can knock down large animals, and possess a toxin linked to wartime nerve effects. The piece mentions a US monopoly on such eels for military research.
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Vancouver
Star Park Aquarium
New K
Brazil
United “States
Township Rejects Higher Land Price for Industrial Road
Treasurer John White was instructed to tell Leslie McMartin the council would not meet the demand of 81 000 per acre for land needed to build an industrial pad. The township offered 2400 per acre, matching other nearby farm land values, for the Cornwall Road site between the eighth and ninth lanes adjacent to CNH right of way.
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Trapalaian Pratl Rooceune
John White
Leslie Mc Martin
Counce
White
Mr Morty
Taurba
Cornwall Road
CNH
Contest Debunking Canadian TV Fantasies Sparks Mixed Reviews
The survey counts 2,975 Canadians rating Canadian TV shows to reveal likes and dislikes. Critics fault overreactions to US shows and praise for Holiday Nanch Country Hoedown and the Juliette Show deuce. Viewers split on Harris Heat and Wayne and Shuster. calls to curb quiz shows persist.
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Liberty Magazine
Canadien TV
Shirley Harmer
GE Showtime
Denny Vaughan
Sundsymahte
Juliette
Deuce Hatin
Harris Heat
Wayne and Shuster
Erris
Wayne
Staster
Cbc-Tv
Jake and the Kid
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Sleepy” Marlin
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Women's Institute
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Gils
Selgatert Am
H. S. Holden
Optometrist
Douglas St
Guelph
Taylor
Aguas
Leagrimer
Cockeeee T
Dineodt
Mae Om Ann Wee Vant
Weta Ok
Mabe Mond
Grand. Union
Carroll's
Nathan Colen
CBO
Acton Free Press
Johnny Concho
Bate
Fay WN
Actén
M. Coxe & Son Plumbing & Heating
Acton Motors
Ontario
Ontario Department of Transport
D. J. Collas
Allan, Hint
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